Name details

Dalton Iceberg Tongue

Dalton Iceberg Tongue (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Dalton Iceberg Tongue  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2526

Feature type: Tongue

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An iceberg tongue extending northwards from Cape Southard, which marks the boundary of the BANZARE Coast and the Sabrina Coast of Wilkes Land. First seen by Phillip Law from an ANARE aircraft in 1958. Visited in February 1960 by the ANARE Expedition on the Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after R F M Dalton, second-in-command of the expedition.

Named For

R F M Dalton

Location

Latitude:
66° 15' 00.0" S
-66.25000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
121° 30' 00.0" E
121.50000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1963
Catalogue id
3958D2
Caption
West side of Dalton Iceberg Tongue on the Sabrina Coast of Wilkes Land
Photographer
Styles, Donald F (Don)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
11-Oct-1960

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